4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (532+ words) The team's method relies on short, high-voltage pulses that create a cold plasma inside a porous glass reactor coated with a copper-oxide catalyst. The plasma breaks methane and water into reactive fragments that recombine into methanol, which dissolves immediately into…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1110+ words) Imagine sunlight turning discarded plastic into a common household staple: vinegar. Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a sunlight-driven chemical process that breaks down a range of plastics in water and selectively produces acetic acid " the primary component…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1046+ words) Below we break down how this pull-string approach works, why it matters, and what challenges lie ahead as engineers move from lab prototypes to real-world uses. Engineers embedded a mesh of tensile elements " think tiny cords or fiber threads " inside…...